I can't imagine any reason that a clone might delete my post, but it was there on the "Popular views of the Bush Administration" thread yesterday. I had cut-and-pasted the definition of "bigotry" from the Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary and then proceeded to parse it for beardedbruce's enlightenment and edification.

The definition read in part ". . . a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance."

Okay, let's do it again. I stated first that I don't hate anyone, but I am intolerant of greed, lies, and corruption on the part of anyone, particularly elected officials. Greed, lies, and corruption are not a matter of race or ethnicity (which are not matters of choice), they are matters of character and integrity, which are matters of choice. Hating or being intolerant of people because of their genes or the background into which they were born is bigotry. Adopting a philosophy or political viewpoint, along with certain principles of individual or group behavior and joining a group of like-minded people is a matter of choice.

Since when has intolerance of dishonesty, lying, and fraud constituted "bigotry?"

Since, for some unfathomable reason, my post disappeared, I ask that question again.

Don Firth